It is a VISION and STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR AFRICA's
RENEWAL. NEPAD is designed to address the current challenges
facing the African continent. Issues such as the escalating
poverty levels, underdevelopment and the continued marginalisation
of Africa needed a new radical intervention, spearheaded by
African leaders, to develop a new Vision that would guarantee
Africa's Renewal.

The Commonwealth has three intergovernmental organisations:
the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth Foundation,
and the Commonwealth of Learning.
Our Goal :
To strengthen health systems and programmes on HIV/AIDS, maternal
mortality, infant mortality and managed migration of human
resources in health.

Commonwealth Health Ministers meet annually in Geneva on the
eve of the World Health Assembly (WHA) to discuss and agree
on Commonwealth health priorities, which are then lobbied
at the WHA. As the major block within the WHA, Commonwealth
Health Ministers have a unique capacity to define and shape
global health priorities.

The Approach :
The Health Section collaborates with governments, international
organisations, civil society and other stakeholders to address
the following priority areas:

Launching, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat's
Governance and Institutional Development Division (GIDD),
a project to assist governments with contingency plans to
mitigate the loss of staff in the public sector from HIV/AIDS.
Assisting countries to develop strategies and systems to manage
migration of health professionals and implementation of the
Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health
Workers.

Now more than 100 years old, the Royal African Society today
is Britain's primary Africa organisation, promoting Africa's
cause. Through its journal, African Affairs, and by organising
meetings, discussions and other activities, the Society strengthens
links between Africa and Britain and encourages understanding
of Africa and its relations with the rest of the world.
To help keep Africa high on the agenda in Government and at
Parliament, the Society supports the Africa All-Party Parliamentary
Group, providing it with research and administrative assistance.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting established the
Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) in October 1997 to involve
the private sector in the promotion of trade and investment.
The CBC acts as a bridge for co-operation between business
and government, concentrating on efforts to help remove barriers
to trade, mobilise investment into Commonwealth countries,
foster a good environment for business and investment, promote
good practice in corporate governance and corporate citizenship,
and facilitate the engagement of the private sector in information
communication technology for development (ICT4D) initiatives,
especially in least developed countries.

Save the Children fights for children in the UK and around
the world who suffer from poverty, disease, injustice and
violence. "We work with them to find lifelong answers
to the problems they face".

Who we are:
Child-focused: Independent: Open: Collaborative: Accountable:
A team: we value diversity in those who work for Save the
Children. We have to balance many expectations, but we support
each other and never lose sight of our shared purpose.

What do we do?
Emergency relief runs alongside long-term development and
prevention work to help children, their families and communities
to be self-sufficient. We learn from the reality of children's
lives and campaign for solutions to the problems they face.
We gain expertise through our projects around the world and
use that knowledge to educate and advise others.